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README
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:04:20 -0700
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 hls
-===========
+===
 
 HLS client testing library for python
 
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+Intro
+-----
 
-Jeff Hammel
+HTTP Live Streaming (also known as HLS) is an HTTP-based media
+streaming communications protocol; see
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming .  An HLS client
+downloads an extended M3U playlist (`.m3u8`, see
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#Extended_M3U ).
 
 
+Links
+-----
 
+- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U
+- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/m3u8
+- https://github.com/billyshambrook/pyhls/